The potential effects of wind energy development on wildlife have received increased attention over the past decade. In Kansas, optimal sites for wind energy development often overlap with preferred habitats of greater ...

Intensive-early stocking (lES) in the Kansas Flint Hills has greatly increased livestock
production efficiency. The potential for grazing of regrowth on IES pastures the following
winter was studied by mowing different ...

Cow and calf performance under four winter nutritional
levels was evaluated, using 61 purebred Polled and high grade
Hereford cows randomly allotted to obtain approximately equal
pregnant and open cows in each group. ...

Cow and calf performance under four winter-nutrition levels
was compared using 34 cows the first year and 87 cows the second
year. Cows were maintained on the same nutrition treatment both
years with additional cows ...

A total of 1,089 mixed-sex pigs (PIC 337 × 1050; initial BW 98.2 lb) were used in a
96-d study. The two diet types fed during the study were a corn-soybean meal control
diet with low NDF (9.3%) and a high-fiber diet with ...

A total of 312 finishing pigs (average initial
weight of 142 lb) were used in a 62-d experiment
to determine the effects of xylanase
and wheat middlings on growth performance,
nutrient digestibility, and carcass ...

A total of 36 pigs (PIC 337 × 1050; initially 185 lb BW) were used in a 14-d study to evaluate the effects of xylanase (Porzyme 9302; Danisco Animal Nutrition, St. Louis, MO) in growing-finishing diets varying in dietary ...

The zebra mussel is an invasive bivalve that was first confirmed in Kansas in 2003, and has decreased zooplankton abundance and altered the aquatic community in other areas where it has invaded. However, little is known ...

Zilpaterol (ZIL) is a β-adrenergic receptor (β-AR) agonist that has been recently approved for
use in feedlot cattle to improve production efficiencies and animal performance. One of the
mechanisms through which this ...

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of Zilmax® feeding duration (7.56 g/ton Zilmax for 0, 20, 30, or 40 d) on color development and stability of crossbred beef (B) and Holstein (H) semimembranosus (SM) ...

Two experiments were conducted to explore potential cellular and biochemical mechanisms by which zinc may impact milk production and mammary health of dairy cattle. For the first experiment, twelve lactating Holstein cows ...

The primary method of L-carnitine production, similar to the biological process that occurs in the liver and kidneys, is from microbial fermentation of γ-Butyrobetaine. Therefore, the objective of this study was to see if ...